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The Sun, 1934-09-19

1934-09-19-001

ALL THE REAL NEWS AND SPECIAL
FEATURES CAREFULLY EDITED
BEAD BY BRIGHT PEOPLE
IT SHINES FOR ALL THE PEOPLE IN
NORTHERN STARK COUNTY
READ BY BRIGHT PEOPLE
VOL. 12—NO. 45.
MIDSHIPMAN CARNES
WILL ADDRESS HI-Y
Canton Lad Whose Parents Are
Well Known Here To Give His
Experience In Naval Academy
and In Other Parts of World
In Open Meeting, Sept. 24.
WILL ROGERS IN PICTURE
Talking motion picture, Will Rogers
in "David Harum," on Friday, September 21, at 3:30 in after.won, and
7:30 evening show. Children, 10c;
Adults, 20c. Children under 14 may
attend the night show if accompanied
by an adult 18 years or over.
Opening* meetings began on Monday, September 17, and will continue
until Monday, October 1. September
17 meeting was held at Lake 0'
Springs and consisted of a sport program, corn roast and devotionals.
Next week's program will be held in
the Community Building and the
speaker will be James M. Carnes, midshipman in the United States Naval
Academy of Annapolis. He will speak
to the, group concerning his experien
ces in the Academy and his summer
cruise. He is the son of Dr. and Mrs
Stuart Carnes of Canton.
JAMES M. CARNES
All high school students are invited to attend the Hi-Y open meeting if interested in joining and further
information concerning membership
may .be secured througli Robert
Kreighbauni, president, or M. R.
Bixler.
Mathematics and Science Club
The club held its organization meeting on Wednesday evening and transacted a number of items of business.
High school students interested in becoming a member of the club should
get in touch with Addison Roberts,
president, or A. J. Schneider, club advisor, or Harding O. Miller, membership chairman.
Ex-Hi-Y Club
The newly organized young men's
club consisting of high school graduates and former members of the Hi-
Y club held their organization meeting on Tuesday evening, September
11. They have extended an invitation
to all former members of the Hi-Y
club to visit their organization. Those
who may be interested should get in
touch with Gordon Carle, president, or
Chas. Schafer, club advisor.
Junior Hi-Y Club
The open meetings began on Wednesday, September 19, and will continue until Wednesday, October 3.
Freshmen and Sophomores who are
interested in becoming* members
should get in touch with Paul Sponseller, president, or Ray Swope, club
. advisor. The meeting tonight, Sept.
li), consists of an outdoor program
and wiener frazzle at Lake O' Springs.
o—
Dahlias For The Sun
Beautiful dahlias, over seven inches
in diameter of gorgeous colors, were
sent to The Sun office on Monday
morning, the gift of Mrs. Lee Scott,
from her own garden.
These lovely (lowers reflect the care
and loving attention that Mrs. Scott
gives to her garden.
An Independent Newspaper That Plays No Favorites Among Advertisers or Subscribers, and With One Price To All
NORTH CANTON, STARK COUNTY, OHIO, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1934.
WE DO OUR PART
The Sun Is a Member
of the
National Editorial Association
SPEARS TO P.-T. A.
Gives Facts and Figures Concerning Auto Accidents and
Says "If You Drink Don't
Drive, If You Drive Don't
Drink."
STATE DELEGATE NAMED
A. R. McConnell, manager of the
Canton auto club, gave a most interesting and thoroughly instructive
talk to the members of the P.-T. A.
on Tuesday night.
Mr. McConnell gave official records
regarding automobile hazards, and
stated that in the United States, 94
persons were killed every twenty-four
hours.
He stressed the point that persons
who drink must cease driving, or
drivers must cease drinking, as to
date the accidents from drinking drivers had increased 35 per cent since
prohibition is not the law.
A much greater increase in accidents is anticipated as drinking increases.
Mr. McConnell gave facts and figures to support his statements, and
gave many incidents of his own experience, in a way that proved he has
been a student of traffic conditions.
During the business session, E. C.
Roberts, president, was electd the
official delegate to the state convention.
Mrs. Harry Wise was elected corresponding secretary in place of Miss
Harsh who resigned to go south.
ROGERS IN "DAVID j ROTARY CLUB
HARUM" FRI. NIGHT
Star Has Role Requested By
Thousands of Fans In New-
Fox Film With Louise Dresser
and Evelyn Venable—In Community Building,
AN ALL TALKIE PICTURE
I Pictures of Mexican progress, sent
! to' North Canton by Rotary Inter-
| national, through the efforts of Dr.
I M. M. Rubright and Dwight Harsh,
j were shown in the Rotary meeting on
Thursday evening.
Dr. Rubright gave the lecture and
Dwight- Harsh manipulated the projecting machine.
A reel of comedy was also shown
which proved laugh provoking to the
members as well as the twenty boy
guests.
The new district governor will visit
the club on Thursday, Sept. 27, and
Charles Schafer urges a 100% attendance.
It Beats the Old-Fashioned Oars
n
LETTERS TO THE SUN
C. S. Erbland, Jr., Say's Books Are
Our Intimate Friends.
The following article sent to The
Sun and signed by Mr. Erbland acquaints the reader of the companionship he finds in books and suggests
to The Sun the thought ''North Canton is fortunate in having its fine
library."
In my estimation books are one of
man's best friends. They are a ready
source of entertainment, humor and
informative fact; constant, reliable
sources from which one may receive
aid at a moment's notice.
Webster defines 'friend' as, "one attached to another by esteem and affection or an intimate." You may ask,
"How can books live up to the requirements of this definition?" Why
can't they ? Books above all things
can be consulted in time of intimate
personal quandry; they can be held
in high esteem as many famous volumes of world renowned authors are;
as to affection, who doesn't feel a
downright affection for books which
lift one from the depths of ignorance
into the sunshine of understanding or
comprehension, and soothe one in time
of mental and physical calamity.
There are books on almost every
known subject. Therefore, a most
complete schooling can be obtained
with the use of books alone.
When in doubt as to whether books
are really lo be classified as friends,
think of the great Book Friend of all
Christians. The Book upon which nations have been founded, for which
wars have been fought and by which
millions of people try to fashion their
lives; the Book by which the word
of God is transmitted to us to help
you and me in time of distress.
In parting let me urge you to think
more of books, take them into your
confidence, study them, read them
thoroughly and try to understand
their infinite value. If this be done I
think you will agree witli me that
books are our friends.
Fox Film's latest release, "David
Harum," starring Will Rogers, will
make its appearance on the screen of
the Community Building on Friday,
September 21.
Because of the nation's friendly interest in the humorist-philosopher-
star, letters pour into his home regularly, suggesting a particular story
or theme or character for his next
picture. More suggestions urging him
to play "David Harum" were received
than all others combined. It was virtually in response to the command of
the theatre-going public that Fox
Film produced this story.
Its typical American theme deals
with a shrewd horse trader. Because
of the coldness with which he barters,
and his uncanny method of outwitting
people in .business dealings, his reputation is none too good in the small
town in which he lives. A young man
who has come to work in the bank
owned by the horse trader, learns that
his employer really has a soft heart,
and that his hardness is only for those
who deal unfairly. The young man
has fallen in love with a wealthy girl,
but hesitates to propose marriage because of his poor financial standing.
The horse trader, who is interested
in the boy tries to help the romance
along, but gets nowhere. When the
young .girl comes to him and requests
him to enter her horse in a forthcoming race, he advises the boy to
place all his savings on the horse.
The hilarious method by which the
horse trader brings the horse home a
winner is said to bring the film to a
happy and amusing conclusion.
The large cast in support 'of Will
Rogers displays an array of impressive names that include Louise Dresser, Evelyn Venable, Kent Taylor,
Stepin Fetchit, Noah Beery, Roger
[mhof, Frank Melton, Charles Middle-
ton, Sarah Padden and Lillian Stuart.
James Cruze directed from Walter
Wood's screen play, which was adapted from the Novel by Edward Noyes
Westcott.
COMMUNITY BUILDING
Girls' Department
Officers of the junior and Senior
Girl Reserve clubs met in the Community Building to discuss plans for
the coming year.
The Senior club is composed of girls
of the 10th, llth and 12th grades in
school and is under the leadership of
Mary Margaret Hutchins, president;
Martha McDowell, vice-president;
Maxine Murphy, secretary; and Dorothy warstler, treasurer.
The officers of the Junior club are
Peggy Duff, president; Joan Keifl'er,
vice-president; Theda Rohrer, secretary-treasurer; Helen Moore, program
chairman and Virginia Schick and Rebecca Payne, social chairmen. The
members of this club are girls of the
8th and 9th grades.
Both clubs stress educational and
recreational programs.
Women Bowlers Notice
On Thursday night, Sept. 20, at
7:30 o'clock in the bowling alleys of
the Community Building there will be
a meeting of al those girls and women
interested in forming a women's
bowling league. There will be instructors to help the beginners as well as
the more advanced bowlers. Rates are
the same as last year. Let's have a
league that will set the town a-
talking.
WRITES TO FRIENDS
FROM PHILIPPINES!
The Rev. Carl Eschbach and
Family Are Enjoying Their
Work As Missionaries In Far
East, Even Though They Lack
American Comforts.
INDEPENDENCE IS NEAR
Four-H Clubs Gain Memberships
Enrollment in 4-H clubs in Ohio
during the 1931 season was 5*1,497,
an increase of S per cent over last
year. 1207 were residents of Stark
county.
Practically all club members have,
or will have before the season is over,
exhibited the products of their year's
work at a state, countv, or community
fair.
TelHlTg of the Activities of North Canton American Legion Post No. 419 and of the Legion Auxiliary
Post Meeting Next Monday
Please remember that there will be
a post meeting next Mondav, September 24, at the usual hour, 8:00 p.m.,
and in the usual place.
Among the items of business to be
taken up during this meeting are the
making of plans for the installation
of the new officers and several questions involving the new Legion home.
Progress of New Home
The sound of hammers has been
heard pretty steadily in our new home
each afternoon and several evenings
for the last ten days and much progress has been made with the remodeling.
Several partitions have been removed and this has resulted in the beginning of a large assembly room upstairs and a large lounging room
downstairs.
A number of the comrades have
been out practically every day to give
of their time and energy in the work
of remodeling. It is hoped that others |
that have not been able tc do so, will,
also see their way clear to drop
around and do their bit. All help will
be greatly appreciated.
Is it not true that the one who gives
of his time in working on the house,
will experience a measure of satisfaction and justly develop a sense of
ownership in the new home which the
other fellow will miss'.' Let's not be
the other fellow"; be a booster and
helper.
County Council Olficers To Bl' Chosen
At a meeting of delegates from the
posts of Stark county in Alliance next
Wednesday, September 20, at 8:00 p.
m., there is to bo chosen a council
chairman, a vice-chairman, and an adjutant-treasurer.
Round Trip To .Miami For $27.50 I
The Legionnaires of Cleveland and
of Ohio want to bring the National'
convention to Cleveland in 1930.
Every Legion member is desirous of
attending a national convention. Many,
have never seen the southland. Con-1
sequently there has been arranged a !
trip which is outstanding in travel i
and economy in order to have a large
representation from Ohio in Miami.
The Greyhound Bus company has
agreed to waive all profits and are
giving a price of $27.50 for the round
trip to Miami and back. Busses will
leave Cleveland on Friday, October 19,
and will arrive in Miami at noon on
Sunday. Returning home the busses
will reach northern Ohio on the following Saturday, October 27.
The southland itinerary is planned
on route 42 through Cincinnati, Lexington, Chattanooga, Atlanta, and
Jacksonville to Miami.
The return trip will be via Jacksonville, Augusta, Charlotte, Winston
Salem, Bluefield, Charleston, Parkers-
burg, Marietta, and Massillon to
Cleveland.
Any who are interested should make
reservation by addressing Blue Ridge
Bus Lines depot, 1S45 East Seventh
street, Cleveland, Ohio, and make a
$10 deposit, check to be made payable
to Miami convention account, Cleveland Trust company.
Baguio, Mountain Province
Philippine Islands, July 20, 1934
Dear Friends, near and far:
Sometimes it takes a stick of
dynamite to get some people started
and in our case it takes the form of
a typhoon, and the most severe one
there has been since we came to Baguio to live almost five years ago. This
one started with a rain on Saturday
and on Sunday morning rested long
enough to get quite a nice sized crowd
to Sunday school and church and in
the middle of English service it began
to pour in earnest. There were four
or five women up from nearby gold
mining camps for the service and I
knew they must be worried. They
hurried away as soon as they could
so as to get home before the roads
were dangerous—and just to show
you that their fears were well grounded—two of the ladies were from Ant-
amok and their road is entirely closed
by a huge landslide and a series of
small ones. The other two ladies and
children of twelve or thirteen years
of age live at a new mining camp
called Gold River and the ••/>*?d to their
home is gone, washed clown the mountain side. Any trips to their home for
some time to come will be made on
foot and not any too safe at that.
One woman from the same camp made
a short trip to Manila and left her
two year old baby in camp with its
father and a friend looking after it
by day. She is back in Baguio at the
Hotel with no possible way of getting
back to her baby for a good many
days. If you can imagine rain such
as we have in cloud bursts at home
keeping up that same pace day and
night for three days, combined with
a good strong wind and fog, you have
some idea of what our weather has
been the past few days. This morning
we took the kids for a ride just to
get out of the house for a change.
There were lots of waterfalls or
'shower baths' as the kids call them,
down the sides of the hills, trees
blown over, mud and dirt washed over
the road. One of the spots of beauty
in Baguio is Burnham Park with a
lake as a centerpiece. The lake had
overflowed its banks all thru the
natural bowl of the park and big tall
evergreens growing on its banks were
half way submerged. Telephone and
telegraph wires to the outside world
are dewn and one of the main roads
to Manilla closed. The Naguilian trail
is open in spots, passengers having to
climb over slides and transfer to other
cars.or trucks. Our only news of what
havoc the typhoon is creating in other
places was over the radio last night
.The Ilocos provinces and Cagayan
valley are suffering much more than
we are. This is the time of the annual
Red Cross drive and I expect there
will be a large sum needed immediately for the relief of flood victims. ln|
Margaret's school course there are so
many things that she doesn't understand because they are peculiar to the
United States. She had to memorize
the poem,
"In winter I get up at night,
And dress by yellow candle light.
In summer quite the other way,
I have to go to bed by day."
She couldn't make any sense out of it
at all because here she always gets
up by day ond goes to bed after dark.
But Carl and I were awakened yesterday morning, it was still dark and
rainy, by Margaret carrying a lighted
candle and she said, "Now I know
what the poem means," and she recited it.
We were very happy at the beginning of the year to hear that Dr.
Toyohiko Kagawa, well known Japanese Christian, would come to the'
Philippines in February under aus-,
pices of the National Christian Council. We were very anxious to have j
him come to Baguio as we have aj
large Japanese community here, and j
we felt very fortunate to have the
committee allot two days for Baguio. j
This was possible because he could
travel to and from Manila by plane, j
The entire expense of the Baguio trip;
was paid by the Japanese community !
here, although we have only one Japanese christian. His program consist-,
ed of talks lo students at Mt. Prov-!
ince high school, Trinidad Agricultural ]
school, Brent school (American and!
European), several meetings with the!
Japanese group, one forum meeting, j
and a big mass meeting at the church.:
He was met with a great (leal of interest everywhere and while at the p
mass meeting many Americans werej
disappointed because of inability to <
understand his 'Japanese English',
most of the Filipinos understood him
very well and were inspired by his
message. He had successful confer-
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"YOU OUGHT TOTEYl
ONE CF THESB
—] I61CK.ERS.
T.
$2.00 PER YEAR.
YOUR COUNTY TAXES
AND MAN BRAVE
ENOUGH TO CUT THEM
Below Are Facts Collected By
The Sun To Prove That County
Auditor Lester Lash Did the
Appraising In 1931 and Saved
!>*16,310.cS.'5—In 1933 He Succeeded In Securing a 15 per
cent Flat Reduction.
SLASHES OFFICE EXPENSE
As The Sun Sees It
Without Prejudice
Keep the Schools Out of Politics
FOR four years the public schools in
all parts of Ohio have been suffering from various ills ranging
from lack of funds to political chicanery of the lowest and most despicable
kind. Stark county, unfortunately, has
not been immune from this trickery,
although to date the "poison droppers"
have made little or no headway in
North Canton and the district served
by The Sun due to the ability of
school officials to see through the selfish motive behind men willing to
serve unscrupulous masters.
But the "poison droppers" do not
intend to quit this section of Stark
county without a struggle. They are
quietly working on township trustees,
school boards, superintendents of
schools, school principals, teachers
and even high school students to put
across propaganda they know will injure the one man they are eager lo
wreck, Lester Lash, the present capable county auditor.
For years several of these "poison
droppers" — school men they call
themselves—have been harnessed to a
discredited political machine and their
main object is to defeat Lester Lash
because he sternly refused to break
the law he swore to uphold; because
he refused to saddle more taxes on
the people; because he said he would
reduce taxes and did so; because he
is honest as sunshine, straightforward
in his dealings with all men, a hard
worker, and in every way an excellent
public servant.
Mr. Lash is a Democrat, but broad-
minded enough to employ some Republicans in the county auditor's
office. His reason is that they are
"honest, capable and have a perfect
right to vote as they see fit, so why
should I discriminate against them?
The auditor's office isn't a political
office, it is for all the people, irrespective of politics or religion."
The above lines within quotation
marks are Mr. Lash's own words.
That the people of Stark counly
will disregard the advice of the "poison droppers" and re-elect Lester
Lash county auditor in November is
generally conceded even by the so-
called "school men" who take advantage of the hospitality of luncheon
clubs, Sunday-school classes or other
private meetings to "get across" their
poison in Canton and other parts of
Stark county.
This is a good time to insist that
the schools be kept out of politics.
It is also a good time to ignore the
"political school man" when he makes
a call and asks support for a man
known to very friendly with the Kin-
nison-Schwab political machine masquerading this year under "new management."
Kidnappers
MILLIONAIRES are able to sleep
again provided their income tax
schedules have not developed into
nightmares. Our army of kidnappers
appears to have suddenly contracted
religion or cold feet, or both, as a
result of recent government convictions. We have always contended that
the law can be enforced wherever the
courts and prosecutors and juries
have the intestinal fortitude to perform their sworn duty.
Publicity
{F CONGRESS ever undertakes to
investigate the sums paid by big
business and frenzied financiers
for "publicity," and the purpose of
such payments, and the newspapers
and magazines to which the payments
™1eato1qlT
DAVID AARON LILLY
are made, it would furnish sensation j
enough to last for a hundred years.
But we suspect the publishers of a j
lot of great dailies and leading magazines would have a sudden itch for!
travel. They are not printing all of]
that propaganda bunk as news—or
for nothing.
Rackets
Hartville Man Dies In Daughter's
Home In Akron.
David Aaron Lilly, aged SO years,
died in the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Charles Ginther in Akron on Monday
morning.
Born near Hartville he had been a
life resident of that vicinity until a
year ago when he went to live in
Akron following the death of his wife.
He retired from farming 23 years
ago. He was a member of the I. O.
O. F. of Greentown.
Surviving are two sisters, Mrs.
Catherine Grogg of Tiffin and Mrs.
Jennie Bletzer of Canton; a brother,
P. D. Lilly of Canton.
Funeral services are being held this
Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. in the Christ
Reformed church with the Rev. A. C.
Renoll officiating. Burial will be in
Mt. Peace cemetery in Hartville.
Mrs. John Rea
Mrs. John Rea (Miss Cora Ford) of
.Mt. Pleasant, died in the home of her
brother, Jabez Ford, in Camden, New
York, on .Monday at 1 p.m., from
heart trouble.
She is survived by her husband,
two brothers, Sheldon Ford of Minnesota and jabez Ford of Camden,
New York.
Funeral service arrangements are;
not obtainable as The Sun goes to
press. •
Mrs. Rea, before her marriage,
taught music in the public schools of.
North Canton and vicinity and wa.*:;
also in charge of the school of rt-;
ligion. |
She lived in North C:\ntcn several ]
RACKETEERS creep in wherever
there is a crack big enough for
a flea. One of the latest is being
exposed by the press, and consists of
promoters giving dances and other
forms of entertainment for the benefit of the unemployed. By the time
the professional promoter gets his
fake rakeoffs there is little or nothing
left for the people who need bread
and in whose ostensible behalf the
shysters have sold tickets broadcast
to kind-hearted and sympathetic
people.
years and her work and social activities endeared her to all who knew her.
She was active in the Community
Christian church, teaching in the Sunday school frequently, and to know
her was to be inspired toward the
j best.
j Mr. Rea left for Camden, New York
on Monday,
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Patriotism Taught By Legion
Monday was Constitution Day, a
monument to that group of men from
the original thirteen states who had
the wisdom and foresight to draw up
an instrument which has for one
hundred forty seven years been the
! guidance of one hundred twenty mil-
j lion American people.
| Schools in the state and nation
I were visited by various American Legion posts instructing our school
I children on the respect and proper
; display of the American flag and to
I warn them against Communism ac-
i tivity and various other repressive organizations that are trying to undermine the minds of our younger generation.
j In this connection the Howard D.
Miller post of Greentown visited seven
schools, namely: Jackson Center, East
Liberty, Springfield Township, Cairo,
Greensburg, Uniontown and Greentown, presenting them with largo wail
charts.
A boy born and reared on a farm
in Stark county; taught school for
fourteen years; was county school examiner for four years; Massillon city
auditor; county auditor 1931-1934.
Married, wife and five childen. Church
member and active in circles organized to advance the welfare of young
boys and girls.
Such in brief is the history of the
best auditor Stark county has had
since the office was first organized.
A man with the nerve to, go before
the State Tax Commission of Ohio in
1932 and ask for a flat reduction of
10 per cent on all real estate in the
county—and GET IT.
A man courageous enough to tell
the State Commission in 1933 that
"real estate is still too high" and
ask for a flat reduction of 15 per cent
—and GET IT.
.While Lester Lash was fighting for
the people in Columbus other county
auditors were saying he "couldn't
make it." Lash showed them that he
could.
The Appraisal
It is the duty of a newspaper to
tell the truth, not to garble it and
perplex the public. The Sun is telling the truth, the whole truth, and
"nothing but the truth" in this article. The figures printed are facts,
not fancies. They speak for themselves, and intelligent men and women
know that it would be criminal folly
for a newspaper to publish untruths.
The laws of the State of Ohio require that every six years the real
estate of each county, land buildings,
are reappraised for taxation purposes.
The cost of the 1925-2(1 and 1931 reappraisals are compared. Lash took
office in 1931:
1925-20 appraisal cost, $97,244.25,
1931 appraisal cost, $50,933.42.
NOTE: Parts of two years were
taken for the 1925-2G appraisal. Approximately five months were used in
making the 1931 appraisal. Lash did
the appraising in 1931 and saved $4(i,-
310.S3 and placed the reduced values
on the 1931 tax books.
The 1931 appraisal reduced the taxable real estate valuation of the
Countv from .$307,412,220 to $287,794,-
100—a reduction of $79,111 S,120 or
22Vo.
Canton's reduction 23'.;
Massillon's reduction 27,','t
Alliance reduction 19',;>
Townships averaged Ui'.n
Taken From the Records
A comparison of thc county auditor's office cost for the last ten
years:
Year
1925 (appraisal year)...
1921) (appraisal year)..
Total Cost
..$107,914.91!
. 90.019.54
Middlebranch ,Tr. O.U.A.M. News
Middlebranch council will hold a
wiener frazzle in their urove on Saturday evening, Sept. 22, for Juniors i
and their families. The later hours of
the evening will be spent playing
cauls and dancing. Another card
party will be held for their next meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 25. Refreshments will be served.
"I saw it in The Sun."
927 '...'..'- 07,307.94
1928 73,348.94
1929 GS.949.32
1930 : 09,998.17
1931 (appraisal year) 110,802.32
1932 03,801.51
1933 58,809.91
1934 (estimated) 58,000.00
These figures represent the entire
cost of operation of the county auditor's office—includes salaries and supplies. Lash gradually is reducing office
cost.
The Taxpayers Money
These figures are given you for the
purpose of showing how much money
was spent by Stark county from the
general fund of the county for salaries, supplies, equipment and other
expenses (luring the last ten years.
Year Spent
1925 $1,012,030.12
1920 1,041,301.05
1927 1,083,910.14
1928 1,191,780.59
1929 1,200,030.40
1930 1,370,241.48
1931 1,539,881.70
1932 1,084,531.05
1933 987,772.08
1934 (estimated) 915,084.74
It paid Stark county taxpayers to
have their valuations reduced.
Taxation
People in general now realize that
real estate can no longer bear so
great a load of taxation as it has in
the past.
This has been proved in Stark
countv by tax delinquencies on real
estate of' $3,850,000 as of Februarv,
1934, settlement.
Stark county has approximately
104,000 parcels of property, large and
small, upon the tax duplicate, of this
number more than 00,000 were delinquent as of February, 1934, whereas
on February 1, 192(i, the delinquency
was only 12,000 tax accounts.
This delinquency occured during
1930, 1931, 1932 and 1933 and was
the direct result of two thing.-—excessive valuations and prolonged unemployment. Mr. Lash has tried to
remedy the first situation. The second
situation, lack of employment, is of
course beyond his control.
Lash believes that the reduction in
the limitation on real property taxes
from 15 mills to 10 mills is a move
in the right direction.
The passing of this amendment to
our Constitution has however, forced
upon tho Legislature of Ohio the
pioblem o! providing other revenue
.-uli'iciont to. insure our children a full
year's schooling under the direction
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ALL THE REAL NEWS AND SPECIAL
FEATURES CAREFULLY EDITED
BEAD BY BRIGHT PEOPLE
IT SHINES FOR ALL THE PEOPLE IN
NORTHERN STARK COUNTY
READ BY BRIGHT PEOPLE
VOL. 12—NO. 45.
MIDSHIPMAN CARNES
WILL ADDRESS HI-Y
Canton Lad Whose Parents Are
Well Known Here To Give His
Experience In Naval Academy
and In Other Parts of World
In Open Meeting, Sept. 24.
WILL ROGERS IN PICTURE
Talking motion picture, Will Rogers
in "David Harum," on Friday, September 21, at 3:30 in after.won, and
7:30 evening show. Children, 10c;
Adults, 20c. Children under 14 may
attend the night show if accompanied
by an adult 18 years or over.
Opening* meetings began on Monday, September 17, and will continue
until Monday, October 1. September
17 meeting was held at Lake 0'
Springs and consisted of a sport program, corn roast and devotionals.
Next week's program will be held in
the Community Building and the
speaker will be James M. Carnes, midshipman in the United States Naval
Academy of Annapolis. He will speak
to the, group concerning his experien
ces in the Academy and his summer
cruise. He is the son of Dr. and Mrs
Stuart Carnes of Canton.
JAMES M. CARNES
All high school students are invited to attend the Hi-Y open meeting if interested in joining and further
information concerning membership
may .be secured througli Robert
Kreighbauni, president, or M. R.
Bixler.
Mathematics and Science Club
The club held its organization meeting on Wednesday evening and transacted a number of items of business.
High school students interested in becoming a member of the club should
get in touch with Addison Roberts,
president, or A. J. Schneider, club advisor, or Harding O. Miller, membership chairman.
Ex-Hi-Y Club
The newly organized young men's
club consisting of high school graduates and former members of the Hi-
Y club held their organization meeting on Tuesday evening, September
11. They have extended an invitation
to all former members of the Hi-Y
club to visit their organization. Those
who may be interested should get in
touch with Gordon Carle, president, or
Chas. Schafer, club advisor.
Junior Hi-Y Club
The open meetings began on Wednesday, September 19, and will continue until Wednesday, October 3.
Freshmen and Sophomores who are
interested in becoming* members
should get in touch with Paul Sponseller, president, or Ray Swope, club
. advisor. The meeting tonight, Sept.
li), consists of an outdoor program
and wiener frazzle at Lake O' Springs.
o—
Dahlias For The Sun
Beautiful dahlias, over seven inches
in diameter of gorgeous colors, were
sent to The Sun office on Monday
morning, the gift of Mrs. Lee Scott,
from her own garden.
These lovely (lowers reflect the care
and loving attention that Mrs. Scott
gives to her garden.
An Independent Newspaper That Plays No Favorites Among Advertisers or Subscribers, and With One Price To All
NORTH CANTON, STARK COUNTY, OHIO, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1934.
WE DO OUR PART
The Sun Is a Member
of the
National Editorial Association
SPEARS TO P.-T. A.
Gives Facts and Figures Concerning Auto Accidents and
Says "If You Drink Don't
Drive, If You Drive Don't
Drink."
STATE DELEGATE NAMED
A. R. McConnell, manager of the
Canton auto club, gave a most interesting and thoroughly instructive
talk to the members of the P.-T. A.
on Tuesday night.
Mr. McConnell gave official records
regarding automobile hazards, and
stated that in the United States, 94
persons were killed every twenty-four
hours.
He stressed the point that persons
who drink must cease driving, or
drivers must cease drinking, as to
date the accidents from drinking drivers had increased 35 per cent since
prohibition is not the law.
A much greater increase in accidents is anticipated as drinking increases.
Mr. McConnell gave facts and figures to support his statements, and
gave many incidents of his own experience, in a way that proved he has
been a student of traffic conditions.
During the business session, E. C.
Roberts, president, was electd the
official delegate to the state convention.
Mrs. Harry Wise was elected corresponding secretary in place of Miss
Harsh who resigned to go south.
ROGERS IN "DAVID j ROTARY CLUB
HARUM" FRI. NIGHT
Star Has Role Requested By
Thousands of Fans In New-
Fox Film With Louise Dresser
and Evelyn Venable—In Community Building,
AN ALL TALKIE PICTURE
I Pictures of Mexican progress, sent
! to' North Canton by Rotary Inter-
| national, through the efforts of Dr.
I M. M. Rubright and Dwight Harsh,
j were shown in the Rotary meeting on
Thursday evening.
Dr. Rubright gave the lecture and
Dwight- Harsh manipulated the projecting machine.
A reel of comedy was also shown
which proved laugh provoking to the
members as well as the twenty boy
guests.
The new district governor will visit
the club on Thursday, Sept. 27, and
Charles Schafer urges a 100% attendance.
It Beats the Old-Fashioned Oars
n
LETTERS TO THE SUN
C. S. Erbland, Jr., Say's Books Are
Our Intimate Friends.
The following article sent to The
Sun and signed by Mr. Erbland acquaints the reader of the companionship he finds in books and suggests
to The Sun the thought ''North Canton is fortunate in having its fine
library."
In my estimation books are one of
man's best friends. They are a ready
source of entertainment, humor and
informative fact; constant, reliable
sources from which one may receive
aid at a moment's notice.
Webster defines 'friend' as, "one attached to another by esteem and affection or an intimate." You may ask,
"How can books live up to the requirements of this definition?" Why
can't they ? Books above all things
can be consulted in time of intimate
personal quandry; they can be held
in high esteem as many famous volumes of world renowned authors are;
as to affection, who doesn't feel a
downright affection for books which
lift one from the depths of ignorance
into the sunshine of understanding or
comprehension, and soothe one in time
of mental and physical calamity.
There are books on almost every
known subject. Therefore, a most
complete schooling can be obtained
with the use of books alone.
When in doubt as to whether books
are really lo be classified as friends,
think of the great Book Friend of all
Christians. The Book upon which nations have been founded, for which
wars have been fought and by which
millions of people try to fashion their
lives; the Book by which the word
of God is transmitted to us to help
you and me in time of distress.
In parting let me urge you to think
more of books, take them into your
confidence, study them, read them
thoroughly and try to understand
their infinite value. If this be done I
think you will agree witli me that
books are our friends.
Fox Film's latest release, "David
Harum," starring Will Rogers, will
make its appearance on the screen of
the Community Building on Friday,
September 21.
Because of the nation's friendly interest in the humorist-philosopher-
star, letters pour into his home regularly, suggesting a particular story
or theme or character for his next
picture. More suggestions urging him
to play "David Harum" were received
than all others combined. It was virtually in response to the command of
the theatre-going public that Fox
Film produced this story.
Its typical American theme deals
with a shrewd horse trader. Because
of the coldness with which he barters,
and his uncanny method of outwitting
people in .business dealings, his reputation is none too good in the small
town in which he lives. A young man
who has come to work in the bank
owned by the horse trader, learns that
his employer really has a soft heart,
and that his hardness is only for those
who deal unfairly. The young man
has fallen in love with a wealthy girl,
but hesitates to propose marriage because of his poor financial standing.
The horse trader, who is interested
in the boy tries to help the romance
along, but gets nowhere. When the
young .girl comes to him and requests
him to enter her horse in a forthcoming race, he advises the boy to
place all his savings on the horse.
The hilarious method by which the
horse trader brings the horse home a
winner is said to bring the film to a
happy and amusing conclusion.
The large cast in support 'of Will
Rogers displays an array of impressive names that include Louise Dresser, Evelyn Venable, Kent Taylor,
Stepin Fetchit, Noah Beery, Roger
[mhof, Frank Melton, Charles Middle-
ton, Sarah Padden and Lillian Stuart.
James Cruze directed from Walter
Wood's screen play, which was adapted from the Novel by Edward Noyes
Westcott.
COMMUNITY BUILDING
Girls' Department
Officers of the junior and Senior
Girl Reserve clubs met in the Community Building to discuss plans for
the coming year.
The Senior club is composed of girls
of the 10th, llth and 12th grades in
school and is under the leadership of
Mary Margaret Hutchins, president;
Martha McDowell, vice-president;
Maxine Murphy, secretary; and Dorothy warstler, treasurer.
The officers of the Junior club are
Peggy Duff, president; Joan Keifl'er,
vice-president; Theda Rohrer, secretary-treasurer; Helen Moore, program
chairman and Virginia Schick and Rebecca Payne, social chairmen. The
members of this club are girls of the
8th and 9th grades.
Both clubs stress educational and
recreational programs.
Women Bowlers Notice
On Thursday night, Sept. 20, at
7:30 o'clock in the bowling alleys of
the Community Building there will be
a meeting of al those girls and women
interested in forming a women's
bowling league. There will be instructors to help the beginners as well as
the more advanced bowlers. Rates are
the same as last year. Let's have a
league that will set the town a-
talking.
WRITES TO FRIENDS
FROM PHILIPPINES!
The Rev. Carl Eschbach and
Family Are Enjoying Their
Work As Missionaries In Far
East, Even Though They Lack
American Comforts.
INDEPENDENCE IS NEAR
Four-H Clubs Gain Memberships
Enrollment in 4-H clubs in Ohio
during the 1931 season was 5*1,497,
an increase of S per cent over last
year. 1207 were residents of Stark
county.
Practically all club members have,
or will have before the season is over,
exhibited the products of their year's
work at a state, countv, or community
fair.
TelHlTg of the Activities of North Canton American Legion Post No. 419 and of the Legion Auxiliary
Post Meeting Next Monday
Please remember that there will be
a post meeting next Mondav, September 24, at the usual hour, 8:00 p.m.,
and in the usual place.
Among the items of business to be
taken up during this meeting are the
making of plans for the installation
of the new officers and several questions involving the new Legion home.
Progress of New Home
The sound of hammers has been
heard pretty steadily in our new home
each afternoon and several evenings
for the last ten days and much progress has been made with the remodeling.
Several partitions have been removed and this has resulted in the beginning of a large assembly room upstairs and a large lounging room
downstairs.
A number of the comrades have
been out practically every day to give
of their time and energy in the work
of remodeling. It is hoped that others |
that have not been able tc do so, will,
also see their way clear to drop
around and do their bit. All help will
be greatly appreciated.
Is it not true that the one who gives
of his time in working on the house,
will experience a measure of satisfaction and justly develop a sense of
ownership in the new home which the
other fellow will miss'.' Let's not be
the other fellow"; be a booster and
helper.
County Council Olficers To Bl' Chosen
At a meeting of delegates from the
posts of Stark county in Alliance next
Wednesday, September 20, at 8:00 p.
m., there is to bo chosen a council
chairman, a vice-chairman, and an adjutant-treasurer.
Round Trip To .Miami For $27.50 I
The Legionnaires of Cleveland and
of Ohio want to bring the National'
convention to Cleveland in 1930.
Every Legion member is desirous of
attending a national convention. Many,
have never seen the southland. Con-1
sequently there has been arranged a !
trip which is outstanding in travel i
and economy in order to have a large
representation from Ohio in Miami.
The Greyhound Bus company has
agreed to waive all profits and are
giving a price of $27.50 for the round
trip to Miami and back. Busses will
leave Cleveland on Friday, October 19,
and will arrive in Miami at noon on
Sunday. Returning home the busses
will reach northern Ohio on the following Saturday, October 27.
The southland itinerary is planned
on route 42 through Cincinnati, Lexington, Chattanooga, Atlanta, and
Jacksonville to Miami.
The return trip will be via Jacksonville, Augusta, Charlotte, Winston
Salem, Bluefield, Charleston, Parkers-
burg, Marietta, and Massillon to
Cleveland.
Any who are interested should make
reservation by addressing Blue Ridge
Bus Lines depot, 1S45 East Seventh
street, Cleveland, Ohio, and make a
$10 deposit, check to be made payable
to Miami convention account, Cleveland Trust company.
Baguio, Mountain Province
Philippine Islands, July 20, 1934
Dear Friends, near and far:
Sometimes it takes a stick of
dynamite to get some people started
and in our case it takes the form of
a typhoon, and the most severe one
there has been since we came to Baguio to live almost five years ago. This
one started with a rain on Saturday
and on Sunday morning rested long
enough to get quite a nice sized crowd
to Sunday school and church and in
the middle of English service it began
to pour in earnest. There were four
or five women up from nearby gold
mining camps for the service and I
knew they must be worried. They
hurried away as soon as they could
so as to get home before the roads
were dangerous—and just to show
you that their fears were well grounded—two of the ladies were from Ant-
amok and their road is entirely closed
by a huge landslide and a series of
small ones. The other two ladies and
children of twelve or thirteen years
of age live at a new mining camp
called Gold River and the ••/>*?d to their
home is gone, washed clown the mountain side. Any trips to their home for
some time to come will be made on
foot and not any too safe at that.
One woman from the same camp made
a short trip to Manila and left her
two year old baby in camp with its
father and a friend looking after it
by day. She is back in Baguio at the
Hotel with no possible way of getting
back to her baby for a good many
days. If you can imagine rain such
as we have in cloud bursts at home
keeping up that same pace day and
night for three days, combined with
a good strong wind and fog, you have
some idea of what our weather has
been the past few days. This morning
we took the kids for a ride just to
get out of the house for a change.
There were lots of waterfalls or
'shower baths' as the kids call them,
down the sides of the hills, trees
blown over, mud and dirt washed over
the road. One of the spots of beauty
in Baguio is Burnham Park with a
lake as a centerpiece. The lake had
overflowed its banks all thru the
natural bowl of the park and big tall
evergreens growing on its banks were
half way submerged. Telephone and
telegraph wires to the outside world
are dewn and one of the main roads
to Manilla closed. The Naguilian trail
is open in spots, passengers having to
climb over slides and transfer to other
cars.or trucks. Our only news of what
havoc the typhoon is creating in other
places was over the radio last night
.The Ilocos provinces and Cagayan
valley are suffering much more than
we are. This is the time of the annual
Red Cross drive and I expect there
will be a large sum needed immediately for the relief of flood victims. ln|
Margaret's school course there are so
many things that she doesn't understand because they are peculiar to the
United States. She had to memorize
the poem,
"In winter I get up at night,
And dress by yellow candle light.
In summer quite the other way,
I have to go to bed by day."
She couldn't make any sense out of it
at all because here she always gets
up by day ond goes to bed after dark.
But Carl and I were awakened yesterday morning, it was still dark and
rainy, by Margaret carrying a lighted
candle and she said, "Now I know
what the poem means," and she recited it.
We were very happy at the beginning of the year to hear that Dr.
Toyohiko Kagawa, well known Japanese Christian, would come to the'
Philippines in February under aus-,
pices of the National Christian Council. We were very anxious to have j
him come to Baguio as we have aj
large Japanese community here, and j
we felt very fortunate to have the
committee allot two days for Baguio. j
This was possible because he could
travel to and from Manila by plane, j
The entire expense of the Baguio trip;
was paid by the Japanese community !
here, although we have only one Japanese christian. His program consist-,
ed of talks lo students at Mt. Prov-!
ince high school, Trinidad Agricultural ]
school, Brent school (American and!
European), several meetings with the!
Japanese group, one forum meeting, j
and a big mass meeting at the church.:
He was met with a great (leal of interest everywhere and while at the p
mass meeting many Americans werej
disappointed because of inability to <
understand his 'Japanese English',
most of the Filipinos understood him
very well and were inspired by his
message. He had successful confer-
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f*T
"YOU OUGHT TOTEYl
ONE CF THESB
—] I61CK.ERS.
T.
$2.00 PER YEAR.
YOUR COUNTY TAXES
AND MAN BRAVE
ENOUGH TO CUT THEM
Below Are Facts Collected By
The Sun To Prove That County
Auditor Lester Lash Did the
Appraising In 1931 and Saved
!>*16,310.cS.'5—In 1933 He Succeeded In Securing a 15 per
cent Flat Reduction.
SLASHES OFFICE EXPENSE
As The Sun Sees It
Without Prejudice
Keep the Schools Out of Politics
FOR four years the public schools in
all parts of Ohio have been suffering from various ills ranging
from lack of funds to political chicanery of the lowest and most despicable
kind. Stark county, unfortunately, has
not been immune from this trickery,
although to date the "poison droppers"
have made little or no headway in
North Canton and the district served
by The Sun due to the ability of
school officials to see through the selfish motive behind men willing to
serve unscrupulous masters.
But the "poison droppers" do not
intend to quit this section of Stark
county without a struggle. They are
quietly working on township trustees,
school boards, superintendents of
schools, school principals, teachers
and even high school students to put
across propaganda they know will injure the one man they are eager lo
wreck, Lester Lash, the present capable county auditor.
For years several of these "poison
droppers" — school men they call
themselves—have been harnessed to a
discredited political machine and their
main object is to defeat Lester Lash
because he sternly refused to break
the law he swore to uphold; because
he refused to saddle more taxes on
the people; because he said he would
reduce taxes and did so; because he
is honest as sunshine, straightforward
in his dealings with all men, a hard
worker, and in every way an excellent
public servant.
Mr. Lash is a Democrat, but broad-
minded enough to employ some Republicans in the county auditor's
office. His reason is that they are
"honest, capable and have a perfect
right to vote as they see fit, so why
should I discriminate against them?
The auditor's office isn't a political
office, it is for all the people, irrespective of politics or religion."
The above lines within quotation
marks are Mr. Lash's own words.
That the people of Stark counly
will disregard the advice of the "poison droppers" and re-elect Lester
Lash county auditor in November is
generally conceded even by the so-
called "school men" who take advantage of the hospitality of luncheon
clubs, Sunday-school classes or other
private meetings to "get across" their
poison in Canton and other parts of
Stark county.
This is a good time to insist that
the schools be kept out of politics.
It is also a good time to ignore the
"political school man" when he makes
a call and asks support for a man
known to very friendly with the Kin-
nison-Schwab political machine masquerading this year under "new management."
Kidnappers
MILLIONAIRES are able to sleep
again provided their income tax
schedules have not developed into
nightmares. Our army of kidnappers
appears to have suddenly contracted
religion or cold feet, or both, as a
result of recent government convictions. We have always contended that
the law can be enforced wherever the
courts and prosecutors and juries
have the intestinal fortitude to perform their sworn duty.
Publicity
{F CONGRESS ever undertakes to
investigate the sums paid by big
business and frenzied financiers
for "publicity," and the purpose of
such payments, and the newspapers
and magazines to which the payments
™1eato1qlT
DAVID AARON LILLY
are made, it would furnish sensation j
enough to last for a hundred years.
But we suspect the publishers of a j
lot of great dailies and leading magazines would have a sudden itch for!
travel. They are not printing all of]
that propaganda bunk as news—or
for nothing.
Rackets
Hartville Man Dies In Daughter's
Home In Akron.
David Aaron Lilly, aged SO years,
died in the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Charles Ginther in Akron on Monday
morning.
Born near Hartville he had been a
life resident of that vicinity until a
year ago when he went to live in
Akron following the death of his wife.
He retired from farming 23 years
ago. He was a member of the I. O.
O. F. of Greentown.
Surviving are two sisters, Mrs.
Catherine Grogg of Tiffin and Mrs.
Jennie Bletzer of Canton; a brother,
P. D. Lilly of Canton.
Funeral services are being held this
Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. in the Christ
Reformed church with the Rev. A. C.
Renoll officiating. Burial will be in
Mt. Peace cemetery in Hartville.
Mrs. John Rea
Mrs. John Rea (Miss Cora Ford) of
.Mt. Pleasant, died in the home of her
brother, Jabez Ford, in Camden, New
York, on .Monday at 1 p.m., from
heart trouble.
She is survived by her husband,
two brothers, Sheldon Ford of Minnesota and jabez Ford of Camden,
New York.
Funeral service arrangements are;
not obtainable as The Sun goes to
press. •
Mrs. Rea, before her marriage,
taught music in the public schools of.
North Canton and vicinity and wa.*:;
also in charge of the school of rt-;
ligion. |
She lived in North C:\ntcn several ]
RACKETEERS creep in wherever
there is a crack big enough for
a flea. One of the latest is being
exposed by the press, and consists of
promoters giving dances and other
forms of entertainment for the benefit of the unemployed. By the time
the professional promoter gets his
fake rakeoffs there is little or nothing
left for the people who need bread
and in whose ostensible behalf the
shysters have sold tickets broadcast
to kind-hearted and sympathetic
people.
years and her work and social activities endeared her to all who knew her.
She was active in the Community
Christian church, teaching in the Sunday school frequently, and to know
her was to be inspired toward the
j best.
j Mr. Rea left for Camden, New York
on Monday,
o
Patriotism Taught By Legion
Monday was Constitution Day, a
monument to that group of men from
the original thirteen states who had
the wisdom and foresight to draw up
an instrument which has for one
hundred forty seven years been the
! guidance of one hundred twenty mil-
j lion American people.
| Schools in the state and nation
I were visited by various American Legion posts instructing our school
I children on the respect and proper
; display of the American flag and to
I warn them against Communism ac-
i tivity and various other repressive organizations that are trying to undermine the minds of our younger generation.
j In this connection the Howard D.
Miller post of Greentown visited seven
schools, namely: Jackson Center, East
Liberty, Springfield Township, Cairo,
Greensburg, Uniontown and Greentown, presenting them with largo wail
charts.
A boy born and reared on a farm
in Stark county; taught school for
fourteen years; was county school examiner for four years; Massillon city
auditor; county auditor 1931-1934.
Married, wife and five childen. Church
member and active in circles organized to advance the welfare of young
boys and girls.
Such in brief is the history of the
best auditor Stark county has had
since the office was first organized.
A man with the nerve to, go before
the State Tax Commission of Ohio in
1932 and ask for a flat reduction of
10 per cent on all real estate in the
county—and GET IT.
A man courageous enough to tell
the State Commission in 1933 that
"real estate is still too high" and
ask for a flat reduction of 15 per cent
—and GET IT.
.While Lester Lash was fighting for
the people in Columbus other county
auditors were saying he "couldn't
make it." Lash showed them that he
could.
The Appraisal
It is the duty of a newspaper to
tell the truth, not to garble it and
perplex the public. The Sun is telling the truth, the whole truth, and
"nothing but the truth" in this article. The figures printed are facts,
not fancies. They speak for themselves, and intelligent men and women
know that it would be criminal folly
for a newspaper to publish untruths.
The laws of the State of Ohio require that every six years the real
estate of each county, land buildings,
are reappraised for taxation purposes.
The cost of the 1925-2(1 and 1931 reappraisals are compared. Lash took
office in 1931:
1925-20 appraisal cost, $97,244.25,
1931 appraisal cost, $50,933.42.
NOTE: Parts of two years were
taken for the 1925-2G appraisal. Approximately five months were used in
making the 1931 appraisal. Lash did
the appraising in 1931 and saved $4(i,-
310.S3 and placed the reduced values
on the 1931 tax books.
The 1931 appraisal reduced the taxable real estate valuation of the
Countv from .$307,412,220 to $287,794,-
100—a reduction of $79,111 S,120 or
22Vo.
Canton's reduction 23'.;
Massillon's reduction 27,','t
Alliance reduction 19',;>
Townships averaged Ui'.n
Taken From the Records
A comparison of thc county auditor's office cost for the last ten
years:
Year
1925 (appraisal year)...
1921) (appraisal year)..
Total Cost
..$107,914.91!
. 90.019.54
Middlebranch ,Tr. O.U.A.M. News
Middlebranch council will hold a
wiener frazzle in their urove on Saturday evening, Sept. 22, for Juniors i
and their families. The later hours of
the evening will be spent playing
cauls and dancing. Another card
party will be held for their next meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 25. Refreshments will be served.
"I saw it in The Sun."
927 '...'..'- 07,307.94
1928 73,348.94
1929 GS.949.32
1930 : 09,998.17
1931 (appraisal year) 110,802.32
1932 03,801.51
1933 58,809.91
1934 (estimated) 58,000.00
These figures represent the entire
cost of operation of the county auditor's office—includes salaries and supplies. Lash gradually is reducing office
cost.
The Taxpayers Money
These figures are given you for the
purpose of showing how much money
was spent by Stark county from the
general fund of the county for salaries, supplies, equipment and other
expenses (luring the last ten years.
Year Spent
1925 $1,012,030.12
1920 1,041,301.05
1927 1,083,910.14
1928 1,191,780.59
1929 1,200,030.40
1930 1,370,241.48
1931 1,539,881.70
1932 1,084,531.05
1933 987,772.08
1934 (estimated) 915,084.74
It paid Stark county taxpayers to
have their valuations reduced.
Taxation
People in general now realize that
real estate can no longer bear so
great a load of taxation as it has in
the past.
This has been proved in Stark
countv by tax delinquencies on real
estate of' $3,850,000 as of Februarv,
1934, settlement.
Stark county has approximately
104,000 parcels of property, large and
small, upon the tax duplicate, of this
number more than 00,000 were delinquent as of February, 1934, whereas
on February 1, 192(i, the delinquency
was only 12,000 tax accounts.
This delinquency occured during
1930, 1931, 1932 and 1933 and was
the direct result of two thing.-—excessive valuations and prolonged unemployment. Mr. Lash has tried to
remedy the first situation. The second
situation, lack of employment, is of
course beyond his control.
Lash believes that the reduction in
the limitation on real property taxes
from 15 mills to 10 mills is a move
in the right direction.
The passing of this amendment to
our Constitution has however, forced
upon tho Legislature of Ohio the
pioblem o! providing other revenue
.-uli'iciont to. insure our children a full
year's schooling under the direction
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